pests and diseases of cassava

Pests of cassava

1. Cassava mealybug(phenacoccus manihot)2. Cassava green spider mite complex(Mononychellus tanajoa)3. Variegated grasshoppers(zonocerus variegatus)4. White flies(Bemissia tabaci)

Diseases of cassava

Bacterial diseases

1. Bacterial blight(xanthomonas axonopodis) pv.manihotis2. Bacterial angular leaf spot (xanthomonas campestris) pv. Cassavae3. Bacterial stem gall (Agrobacterium tumefaciens biovar 1)4. Bacterial stem rot(Erwinia carotovora )5. Bacterial wilt(Erwinia herbicolaa)

Fungal Diseases

1. Anthrancnose2. Armillaria root rot(shoestring root rot03. Black root and stem rot (scytalidium sp.)4. Blight Leaf spot(cercospora vicosae)5. Brown leaf spot(cercosporidium henningsii)6. Cassava ash(Oidium manihotis)7. Dematophora root rot(rosellina root rot)8. Dipodia root and stem rot(diplodia manihoti)9. Fusarium root rot (fusarium oxysporum)10. Phytophthora root rot(phytophthora crytogea)11. Pythium root rot(pythium spp)12. Rust (uromyces spp)13. Sclerotium root rot (southern blight)(sclerotium rolfsii)14. Superelongation(sphaceloma manihoticola)15. Verticillium root and stem rot (verticillium dahliae)16. White leaf spot (phaeoramularia manihotis)

Viral diseases

1. African cassava mosaic2. African cassava mosaic virus3. Antholysis4. Cassaava brown streak disease5. Phytoplasm6. Cassava common mosaic7. Cassava common virus8. Cassava frogskin9. Cassava green mottle10. Cassava vein mosaic